When Justice Jayanta Koley asked Dipak if any advocate met him during his police custody, Dipak said “no”, adding that while CID officials behaved well with him during interrogation, the police tortured him after arrest.

Dipak was produced before the court around 4.15 pm and his hearing lasted for around 20 minutes. After delivering the order, Justice Koley told Dipak that an advocate from the Legal Aid Services would meet him within two days and that he could take legal assistance from the advocate appointed by the court.

Public prosecutor Uday Narayan Chaudhury today pleaded for a 16-day extension to Dipak’s police remand.

Chaudhury pleaded that Dipak shared links with top Maoists and claimed that he had disclosed their names to the CID during interrogation. The police have reportedly recovered an AK-47 rifle, books and handbills from Nandigram on information provided by Dipak. Huge explosives and arms along with CDs and cassettes of Maoist training camps were also recovered from West Midnapore and Hoogly based on inputs provided by Dipak during interrogation, claimed Chaudhury.

He added that there are possibilities of further recovery of explosives and fire arms if the CID gets to interrogate him further. When the judge told Dipak that the CID wanted to take him in its remand again, Dipak said: “I have nothing more to say. I have disclosed everything to the CID. I don’t know anything more.”